Apple Watch Saves Woman’s Life By Detecting Dangerous Blood Clot
The life-saving capabilities of the Apple Watch have been widely reported, from its health monitoring functions like checking blood oxygen and heart arrhythmia to its satellite tracking for remote rescues. Recently, an Apple Watch was credited with saving a woman’s life by waking her up during sleep and warning her about a potentially fatal blood clot.
According to a report by AppleInsider, the woman – Kimmie Watkins, who lived in Cincinnati, USA – felt unwell, experienced dizziness and lightheadedness. Hoping to feel better, she decided to take a nap.
Shortly after his nap, his Apple Watch alerted him to an unusually high heart rate, around 178 beats per minute, as reported by Local12 News.
Watkins mentioned that her Apple Watch went off with an alarm “saying my heart rate had been too high for too long.” He added: “So for over 10 minutes it was too high.” Worried, she went to her doctor, only to discover that she had a saddle pulmonary embolism – a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs.
Her doctor, Richard Becker, explained that saddle embolism carries only a 50 percent survival rate.
If the Apple Watch hadn’t alerted him to his heart rate, he likely would have dismissed the problem and could have died.
“It can be seen as being too communicative or something like that, but I think it can be beneficial for health, not just for connecting with people,” Watkins said.
In related news last month, a woman’s Apple Watch was reported to have automatically dialed 911 after detecting no movement in her head after she collapsed from a ruptured aorta.
